Daniel Adair Quotes
I was a hired drummer for 3 Doors; there wasn't an opportunity for me to write.
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People like me were supposed to be into exclusivity, unapproachable. That's what I hate most. I think it's very demode.
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I always feel like rejection is my petrol. That's what keeps me going.
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In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.
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I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic.
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I screen tested for 'The Tudors' in N.Y. That was my first experience of N.Y., being flown here to screen test with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. So I have very, very fond memories of New York – New York helped give me my first big break.
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When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.
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Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression - with investors, with customers, with PR, and with marketing.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working.
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I wanted to become a champ - I was surrounded by champs in my family and in my neighborhood - and because of this stupid accident, I lost my opportunity.
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New York grabbed me too hard, as did adulthood.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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My dad was always interested in characters he didn't understand - he was such a great bad guy in movies. And that is really the thing that calls me to the material often: something I struggle to understand in human behaviour.
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I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.
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At 14, I'd have given my left arm to be a boy: I thought I was horrible and that no-one would ever find me attractive.
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I watched 'Evil Dead' when I was 12. I was going through all the horror I could grab. I remember going to the video store and asking for something 'real.' And the guy gave me the 'Evil Dead' VHS. When you're 12, you're not supposed to see that.
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Tel Aviv appeals to me.
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I used to always run off at the mouth and talk about people. I just didn't know that it would make a living for me.
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Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
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There was a tsunami and there are terrible natural disasters, all of this because of too little Torah study.
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As soon as I would say I'm from Boston, people would just say, 'Naaaah!'
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Bell Labs was an astonishing place for many decades, though it fell on somewhat hard times during the telecom meltdown some years ago, as its corporate owner had to cope with shrinking markets.
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The moment you sense someone is making something because they think people are gonna buy it or like it, it's just so phony! The public has a nose for phony like nobody else.
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I was a hired drummer for 3 Doors; there wasn't an opportunity for me to write.
